GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Authorities say a man in Cascade Township has died after being injured in a melee outside The B.O.B. in downtown Grand Rapids this weekend.

The man, whom Grand Rapids police did not identify, died at the hospital following his involvement in a large fight outside the multi-venue entertainment complex at 20 Monroe Ave. NW early Saturday morning.

Police issued a news release Sunday morning on the incident, which began about 1:10 a.m. on Oct. 12 when officers were called to The B.O.B. on reports of a fight in progress.

The scene had cleared by the time police arrived, but according to witnesses located later, a “verbal altercation” developed between a pair of groups on the sidewalk north of The B.O.B. that led to punches being thrown, stated police.

A man was chased down and “this resulted in a pile of people in the lot” that venue security helped break up before officers arrived.

B.O.B. owner Greg Gilmore wrote via email that "both parties involved in the fight came off party buses from other places and were denied access to The B.O.B."

"The only reason our security got involved is that they were concerned that someone was going to get hurt," he said.

About 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, Kent County deputies called Grand Rapids officers to a medical call at a home in Cascade Township where a man was suffering from injury complications caused by a fight outside The B.O.B.

The man went to Spectrum Health Butterworth Hospital in Grand Rapids where he later died. Cause of death is not known at this time, said police.

The department’s Major Case Team is investigating. Anyone with information is asked to call police at 616-456-3604, or Silent Observer at 616-774-2345.